Police intercept truck carrying 100 diseased pigs in central Vietnam
Vietnam News 11:53 07/04/2026Authorities in Quang Tri Province, central Vietnam have destroyed 100 pigs found to be infected with African swine fever after intercepting a truck transporting them to southern Vietnam without proper veterinary papers, officials said on Monday.
Vietnam premier orders tighter control over veterinary quarantine, slaughterhouse oversight
Vietnam News 14:29 31/03/2026Vietnam’s Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has ordered an urgent nationwide overhaul of veterinary quarantine practices and tighter control over animal slaughtering operations, following the discovery of a major food safety scandal involving diseased pork entering the market.